Society of Bluffton Artists to feature Good Bacher's 'Everyday Moments'

Courtesy of Society of Bluffton Artists Shirley Good Bacher's "Catch of the Day."

Courtesy of Society of Bluffton Artists Shirley Good Bacher's "A Fall Chill in the Air."

The Society of Bluffton Artists will present “Everyday Moments,” a collection of original pastel and oil paintings by local artist Shirley Good Bacher, from Feb. 3 to March 1.

Good Bacher was born in Beaumont, Texas. During her school years she won numerous state and international awards for her artwork. She was also an avid tennis player who discovered she enjoyed teaching the game as much as playing it. The result was an absence from the art world for 25 years while she taught tennis and became the owner/operator of her own tennis club. Now retired from the tennis world and living in Bluffton, she is delighted to have the opportunity to again enjoy the thrill of creating art.

Good Bacher currently works primarily in pastel and oil in a style she calls “contemporary representational impressionism.” Some of her favorite subjects are landscapes in Pennsylvania, Nantucket, Carolina gardens and golf courses, children at play or at the beach, and urbanscapes, especially Times Square and New Orleans.

Good Bacher has studied pastel and oil painting with many master artists, including Alan Flattmann, Doug Dawson, Mike Rooney, Joyce and Don Nagel and Lois Griffel. She is a member of the Southeastern Pastel Society, the Society of Bluffton Artists and the Hilton Head Art League.

A reception will be held from 3-5 p.m, Feb. 9. The gallery is located at the corner of Church and Calhoun Streets in Old Town Bluffton. For more information, call 757-6586 or go to sobagallery.com.